Catawba vs Claremont

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Claremont: population, income, housing, and more.

Catawba and Claremont are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Claremont has the higher population (2,051 vs 632 in Catawba). Claremont has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $44,659 in Catawba). Claremont has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $138,100 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Claremont
Population	632	2,051
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,659	$59,583
Median home value	$138,100	$227,200
Median gross rent	$1,098	$928
Housing units	388	902
Homeownership rate	72.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Claremont
Population	462 → 632 (+36.8%)	1,643 → 2,051 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $44,659 (-10.4%)	$56,473 → $59,583 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $138,100 (+32.2%)	$155,500 → $227,200 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,098 (+43.7%)	$804 → $928 (+15.4%)

Catawba

Population

462632

Median household income

$49,821$44,659

Median home value

$104,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$764$1,098

Claremont

Population

1,6432,051

Median household income

$56,473$59,583

Median home value

$155,500$227,200

Median gross rent

$804$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Claremont
Under 5	3.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	21.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	20.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Claremont
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	19.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Claremont
No high school diploma	23.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Claremont
Drove alone	91.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Claremont
1-unit, detached	87.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	21.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Claremont
Poverty rate	20.3%	11.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1959	1991